The Education Secretary says she will ban mobile phones in education. My view ? It’s about time. I have just finished writing my second book and cover this topic in depth for parents. All the research I have seen finds links between phones and poor mental health in children. Most schools I know already demand phones are checked in first thing and collected at home time. I hope this ban will make life easier for schools and teachers – but also parents and children too. I wonder should we go one step further and insist on ‘dumb’ phones for under 16s… ie phones without access to the internet – so children can stay connected if their parents wish to/en route home from school… but without the potential for online use / harms .. what are your thoughts and your experience ? I would love to hear x #education #smartphones #technology #mentalhealth Thanks to @oscnord for the image
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
What a weekend – loved catching up with this incredible human @gabormatemd and his brilliant beautiful wife Rae, at the heartwarming and transformative @tigersltd #aceawareness event in #glasgow. Beyond proud that Gabor referenced and recommended my book ‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ to the audience – and asked me to stand in acknowledgement. So many reflections that I will hope to share in some IG lives this week but as I left Glasgow today and observed the incredible buildings and architecture, my thoughts turned to what we had been discussing about the ‘architecture’ of the brain – and how what we experience when we are very young, shapes the adult we become. We are ALL in the brain development business when it comes to our children. What we do counts. Every interaction we have with our children today serves to create strong foundations for their future mental health. It’s a massive responsibility – but never forget you are more powerful than you know. And, it’s much simpler than we might think. Ensure that your children feel loved, safe, and understood – and you ensure the strongest foundations for life x #traumainformed #parenting #brain #healing #gabormate #glasgow
How to have an easy transition from play to bathtime / bedtime .. what if my child refuses to stop playing ?! And the power of the ‘ten minute top up’ #parenting #play #bathtime #bedtime #connection
Sensitivities to smells, noise, materials? Find out why and how you can help yourself and your child – and why it’s not us who are ‘wrong’ just the environment ! X #sensory #sensitivity #mental #mentalhealthmatters #children #childmentalhealth #parenting # parentingtips
The key to good mental health lies in balance. It lies in achieving good emotional regulation as well as being able to manage stress effectively and healthily. Simple to say, but can often take a lifetime to achieve. It’s why I’m so passionate about supporting parents because if we can help our children to achieve these things, we set them up for life. If you’re finding things tough today, please know you’re not alone and please know that we can all find our balance – the hardest part is sometimes taking the first step. So here’s three simple tips that I hope might help you in that regard, and whilst the first two might sound simple, they really can support what I think of as our “life support system”. The third, well, I explain what can be a hugely powerful way of finding time for ourselves to have the space to offload safely and to give time to someone else too. Please let me know how you get on! I’ll be posting lots more on children’s and adult’s mental health in the coming days, weeks and months, but on a day like today when so much is going on in the world that can challenge us, and certainly confuse – taking the time for you, is more important than ever. #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
The key to good mental health lies in balance. It lies in achieving good emotional regulation as well as being able to manage stress effectively and healthily. Simple to say, but can often take a lifetime to achieve. It’s why I’m so passionate about supporting parents because if we can help our children to achieve these things, we set them up for life. If you’re finding things tough today, please know you’re not alone and please know that we can all find our balance – the hardest part is sometimes taking the first step. So here’s three simple tips that I hope might help you in that regard, and whilst the first two might sound simple, they really can support what I think of as our “life support system”. The third, well, I explain what can be a hugely powerful way of finding time for ourselves to have the space to offload safely and to give time to someone else too. Please let me know how you get on! I’ll be posting lots more on children’s and adult’s mental health in the coming days, weeks and months, but on a day like today when so much is going on in the world that can challenge us, and certainly confuse – taking the time for you, is more important than ever. #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
The key to good mental health lies in balance. It lies in achieving good emotional regulation as well as being able to manage stress effectively and healthily. Simple to say, but can often take a lifetime to achieve. It’s why I’m so passionate about supporting parents because if we can help our children to achieve these things, we set them up for life. If you’re finding things tough today, please know you’re not alone and please know that we can all find our balance – the hardest part is sometimes taking the first step. So here’s three simple tips that I hope might help you in that regard, and whilst the first two might sound simple, they really can support what I think of as our “life support system”. The third, well, I explain what can be a hugely powerful way of finding time for ourselves to have the space to offload safely and to give time to someone else too. Please let me know how you get on! I’ll be posting lots more on children’s and adult’s mental health in the coming days, weeks and months, but on a day like today when so much is going on in the world that can challenge us, and certainly confuse – taking the time for you, is more important than ever. #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
Journalism brought my husband and I together. I was heading out to cover the conflict in Iraq – and he was an instructor on a hostile environments course. Now running his own successful training company Pangolin Group, Mike is sponsoring ( and running !) the Royal Park Half Marathon today in support of the Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust It exists to protect freelance journalists globally, providing safety training, professional and psychological support and assistance with equipment, therapy and crisis funds. Never is an organisation more needed for freelance journalists and I am super proud of my husband in both his role – that both saves lives, and offers crucial support. Very happy to know his wingman Baz will be running alongside ( or, given he’s a true marathon veteran running ahead !) @lisa_jarvis_supermum I’ll be cheering them both on and hope to see you soon! Xx #marathon #running #runninglife #charity #proud
In the midst of any overwhelm I find a good declutter works to remove ‘stuck’ energy. Finding this Christmas candle brought a smile – inspiring joy ahead of the festive season to come but reminding me we still have a lovely Autumnal season to enjoy before it arrives ‘ … if you re feeling that similar sense of overwhelm whip on some soothing music, light a candle and lift that energy, one drawer at a time 🤍
Cuddles galore yesterday as I was invited to speak @acamarfilms @bingbunny event on child development and what parents can do to best support their child’s healthy brain development and good future mental health. Delighted to take to the stage with @profsamwass @malilav89 @kidsindustries and discuss how our children’s stress response can get triggered by what they watch … and why gentle, nurturing programmes like #bing can help parents to have all important conversations about #emotions & #feelings súper afternoon all round and thanks Gary for the excellent hosting ! It was nice to be on the ‘other side’ of the fence for a change !
Cuddles galore yesterday as I was invited to speak @acamarfilms @bingbunny event on child development and what parents can do to best support their child’s healthy brain development and good future mental health. Delighted to take to the stage with @profsamwass @malilav89 @kidsindustries and discuss how our children’s stress response can get triggered by what they watch … and why gentle, nurturing programmes like #bing can help parents to have all important conversations about #emotions & #feelings súper afternoon all round and thanks Gary for the excellent hosting ! It was nice to be on the ‘other side’ of the fence for a change !
Cuddles galore yesterday as I was invited to speak @acamarfilms @bingbunny event on child development and what parents can do to best support their child’s healthy brain development and good future mental health. Delighted to take to the stage with @profsamwass @malilav89 @kidsindustries and discuss how our children’s stress response can get triggered by what they watch … and why gentle, nurturing programmes like #bing can help parents to have all important conversations about #emotions & #feelings súper afternoon all round and thanks Gary for the excellent hosting ! It was nice to be on the ‘other side’ of the fence for a change !
Cuddles galore yesterday as I was invited to speak @acamarfilms @bingbunny event on child development and what parents can do to best support their child’s healthy brain development and good future mental health. Delighted to take to the stage with @profsamwass @malilav89 @kidsindustries and discuss how our children’s stress response can get triggered by what they watch … and why gentle, nurturing programmes like #bing can help parents to have all important conversations about #emotions & #feelings súper afternoon all round and thanks Gary for the excellent hosting ! It was nice to be on the ‘other side’ of the fence for a change !
So this arrived today …‘there’s no such thing as naughty’ is published in more than ten countries … now including China! @littlebrown @jieli.official 🙌🏼 #authors #authorsofinstagram #parenting #parentingtips #parentinglife
The importance of Early Childhood … the importance of adults coming together to advocate for future generations … and for our children to have the childhood and happiness they deserve @earlychildhood @afnccf @_place2be @happyplaceofficial